Project Management Knowledge Areas
Recommended Tool(s)
Justification for Tool
Project Integration Management WBS Use WBS to define each project such as recruiting, success planning, e-forms, employee database, time cards for payroll, performance review, position control, employee self service, communication, and government compliance . Created the WBS for each of these projects and allocate to the appropriate departments.
Project Scope Management
WBS Use the WBS created in Integration to look at the scope of each project. Once the scope is determined for each and allocates it to the correct departments and team members.
Project Time Management Gannt Chart and/orWBS Create a gannt chart and list all the projects, the estimated time to completion as well as estimated cost. List each part of the project and give it a time line on the chart. Using this you can track it daily, weekly, monthly, or whenever you wish. Could also use a WBS to breakdown the projects and put a time line on each part of the project to show how each team member worked on it. Using this will show you how close you can get to being finished by year end as the case study states it was finished 6 months early.
Project Cost Management Earned Value and/or Gannt Chart
Or WBS Project cost management can use earned value once the project has started by calculating what has beenn completed versus what needs to be completed. An also use a gannt chart anuse the tale in the case study to show how much people were paid to complete part of the project and the time spent. Can conduct skype meetings weekly to share the information to all team members. Using Skype to meet will be more efficient because team members could not set a day and time for ALL to meet in one location. A WBS can also be helpful here to separate all the costs and budgets to organize in a manner where the team can understand what money goes where.
Project Quality Management WBS